[Rarebooks] FS: Raymond Chandler First Edition in dustwrapper: THE LONG GOODBYE
Charles Agvent
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Mon May 17 13:12:03 EDT 2010
CHANDLER, Raymond. THE LONG GOODBYE. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company,
1954. First Edition. The First American Edition, preceded by the English
edition in 1953. The sixth volume in the Philip Marlowe series and
Chandler's last book, made into a film by Robert Altman starring Elliott
Gould as Marlowe and with an uncredited appearance as a hood by Arnold
Schwarzenegger. One of Chandler's finest novels--many believe it to be a
milestone of detective fiction--it jumps to life with its very first
sentence: "The first time I laid eyes on Terry Lennox he was drunk in a
Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith outside the terrace of The Dancers." Spotting
to the spine cloth, apparently fairly typical for this title and not
extending to the covers, in a complete dustwrapper with mild edgewear.
Still Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Sharp copy. $1,250.00
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